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US5048106A
US5048106A US07/618,027 US61802790A US5048106A US 5048106 A US5048106 A US 5048106A US 61802790 A US61802790 A US 61802790A US 5048106 A US5048106 A US 5048106A
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  • the present invention relates to an image reader which provides a mechanism for varying the reading magnification optically.
  • a focusing lens projection lens
  • an image of a document is focused on the image reader at a predetermined reduction ratio.
  • the focusing lens is moved along the optical axis thereof and the image sensor is also moved relative to the focusing lens so as to focus the image of a document thereon.
  • Respective moving amounts of the focusing lens and the image sensor are calculated according to equation defined from the known optical relation.
  • the center position of a document on the image sensor is shifted from that obtained at the equal magnification when the reading magnification is varied from the equal magnification.
  • the shift amount on the image sensor is about 0.1 mm, it corresponds to a shift amount of several times of 0.1 mm on a document since the optical system of the image reader is comprised of a reduction optical system. Such a low mechanical accuracy makes the practical use of the image reader of this type difficult.
  • a guide axis for guiding the focusing lens is slightly inclined to the optical path along which the focusing lens is to be moved.
  • a guide axis for guiding the image sensor is slightly inclined to the optical axis of the focusing lens.
  • the center position of a document image is fixed at the center position of the CCD image sensor and, due to this, possible shift of the center position of a document image which may be caused by varying the reading magnification is not compensated at all. As the result of that, such cases that respective center positions of document images outputted at different magnifications do not coincide with each other are happened frequently.
  • An essential object of the present invention is to provide an image reader which is capable of coinciding the center position of a document at an arbitrary reading magnification with that at the equal reading magnification.
  • an image reader having a scanning optical means for scanning an image of a document with a slit, an image sensor and a projection lens for projecting the scanned image onto the image sensor wherein the image sensor and the projection lens are moved on the optical axis of the latter relative to each other in order to vary the magnification for projecting the document image onto the image sensor being characterized by a pattern element having predetermined pattern thereon, said pattern element being arranged near the top portion of a platen glass plate on which a document is to be put; a positioning means for positioning said projection lens and said image sensor at respective positions determined from a designated reading magnification; means for determining the center position of a document image based on outputs from said image sensor regarding images of the predetermined patterns of said pattern element, said images being projected onto said image sensor at the designated magnification by said projection lens; and an output means for outputting image data by referring to the center position of an document image which has been determined by said means for determining it.
  • the center position of a document image to be outputted is determined correctly irrespective of the reading magnification.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an image reader according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an image reading circuit according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is an example of a print edited according to designated attributes
  • FIG. 4 is an example of attributes designated to obtain the print shown in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view for showing a pattern plate according to the present invention and an optical relation among the pattern plate, a focusing lens and a CCD array according to the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is an explanative view for showing a manner for detecting the focusing state
  • FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b) are an explanative view for showing a variation of difference between black and white levels when the CCD array is moved relative to the focusing lens;
  • FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a subroutine for measuring the real focal distance of the focusing lens
  • FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a subroutine for moving a scanning optical system (slider) to a position of the pattern plate;
  • FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a subroutine for adjusting the focusing state
  • FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a subroutine for detecting the magnification
  • FIG. 12 is a flow chart of a subroutine for detecting pattern edges
  • FIG. 13 is a flow chart of the main routine for reading a document
  • FIG. 14 is a flow chart of the subroutine for varying the magnification shown in FIG. 13;
  • FIG. 15 is a flow chart of the subroutine for edition of image shown in FIG. 13.
  • FIG. 16 is a flow chart of the subroutine for scanning a document shown in FIG. 13.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view along the center line of an image reader including an optical reader for reading a variable magnification.
  • Light emitted from an illumination lamp 1 is concentrated at a reading position on a glass platen 4 for putting a document by reflecting mirrors 2 and 3.
  • Reflected light from the document is successively reflected by mirrors 5, 6 and 7 and, thereafter, is focused on a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) array 9 as an image reader by a focusing lens 8.
  • CCD Charge Coupled Device
  • the mirrors 6 and 7 Upon reading a document, the mirrors 6 and 7 are moved at a speed of one half of the speed of the illumination lamp 1 and the mirror 5 in a sub-scan direction so that an optical light path from a reading position to the focusing lens 8 can be kept constant to maintain the infocus state of a document image.
  • the image focused on the CCD array 9 is transduced photoelectrically into image data thereby and image data is transmitted to an image processor which will be explained later.
  • the distance "a” from the reading position to the focusing lens 8 is adjusted by driving a lens motor 12 for moving a holder 10 for the focusing lens 8 along a guide rod 11.
  • the distance "b” defined between the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 is adjusted by driving a focusing motor 13 for moving a holder 14 for the CCD array 9 along the optical axis of the focusing lens 8.
  • the latter holder 14 is mounted on the former holder 10.
  • FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a circuit for detecting the density of a document.
  • a clock generator 40 outputs an SH (sample hold) signal to the CCD array 9 at every reading of one line data and is connected to a CPU 42 (central processing unit) in order to give clock signals thereto.
  • An A/D converter 44 converts analogue signals from the CCD array 9 to digital signals.
  • a shading circuit 46 is provided for correcting possible uneven distribution of the illumination light in the main scanning direction and possible variety of individual CCD chips of the CCD array 9.
  • the CPU 42 controls the shading circuit 46 by outputting timing signals thereto. Output of the shading circuit 46 is input into a comparator 48 and a line RAM 50.
  • the line RAM 50 memorizes data of one scan line being comprised of respective signals corrected by the shading circuit 46.
  • WRITE signals to the line RAM 50 are outputted from the CPU 42 and the latter obtains image information of one scan line by referring to the data memorized in the line RAM 50.
  • all data of a document are read into a memory means with a capacity of storing one page data at first and, image information is outputted by every line data from the memory means.
  • the CPU 42 controls the lens motor 12 and the focusing motor 13 via respective drivers 70 and 72 in order to drive them. It is also connected to an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) 74 for memorizing magnifications and receives a signal sent from a dip switch 76 for setting an action mode of the image reader. Further, the CPU 42 controls whole of the image reader by signals mentioned above, a motor signal, a lamp signal, a fixed position signal and command signals.
  • EEPROM Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
  • An attribute RAM 52 memorizes data regarding attributes of respective areas when requested by a command designated from an operation panel (not shown).
  • a dither ROM 54 generates either one of dither patterns 1 and 2 each comprised of a matrix of m ⁇ n threshold values in accordance with the value of attribute information d 0 .
  • a selector 56 selects either of the dither matrix from the dither ROM 54 and fixed threshold value generated by a generator 58 therefor in accordance with attribute information d 1 and send the selected one to the comparator 48. Namely, if the attribute of the present area is designated to the dither, the selector 56 sends data of the dither ROM 54 to the comparator, 48 and sends the fixed threshold information of the generator 58 to the comparator 48 if the attribute is designated to the fixed threshold value.
  • the comparator 48 compares image data with respective threshold values selected by the selector 56 and sends the result of the comparison to a selective output circuit 60.
  • the comparator 48 sends data of white to the selective output circuit 60 irrespective of image data. Further, the data inverted by an inverter 62 is input to the selective output circuit 60. The same selects either of non inverted data according to attribute information d 2 sent from the attribute RAM 52 directly and outputs the selected data to a printer (not shown) in synchronous with valid image signals directly sent thereto.
  • the whole image area is divided into some small areas in unit of 1 ⁇ 1 mm 2 and each of attributes suitable for or designated to individual divided areas is memorized in the attribute RAM 52. According to the attribute information, individual images are edited.
  • Each of attribute data to be written into the attribute RAM 52 is comprised of four bits (d 3 , d 2 , d 1 , d 0 ) and each of bit indicates attribute information as shown in Table 1.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example obtained with use of the method according to the present invention.
  • a portion A is a photograph
  • a portion B is an area to be inverted black to white and vice versa
  • a portion C is an area to be erased
  • a remaining portion D is an ordinal character portion.
  • attribute codes as shown in FIG. 4 are written into respective areas A to D of the attribute RAM 52 in unit of 1 ⁇ 1 mm 2 . Therefore, image data is processed according to the attributes assigned in the attribute RAM 52.
  • the distance "a" of the light path from the reading position to the focusing lens 8 and the distance "b” of the light path from the focusing lens 8 to the CCD array 9 should satisfy the following optical relations;
  • f is a focal distance of the focusing lens 8
  • L is a magnification for reading a document
  • ⁇ is a reduction ratio of the focusing lens 8 upon reading a document.
  • the focusing state and the magnification are detected with use of a pattern plate 16 as shown in FIG. 5.
  • This pattern plate 16 is attached to the undersurface of a document scaler 15 shown in FIG. 1.
  • the pattern plate 16 has a white background 16c and a stripe pattern 16a in black and white formed at the center portion thereof.
  • Two elongated black patterns 16b are also formed at both sides of the central stripe pattern 16a.
  • the magnification L can be detected by measuring the distance x defined between two black patterns 16b with use of the CCD array 9.
  • the focusing state can be detected by analyzing outputs of the CCD array 9 corresponding to the stripe pattern 16a.
  • the outputs in the out of focus state show a continuous variation, but those in the in-focus state have discrete two levels corresponding to black and white stripes, respectively. Accordingly, the infocus state is realized by moving the focusing lens 8 so as for the difference between black and white levels to become maximum.
  • the white background 16c of the pattern plate 16 is used for shading correction.
  • the focal distance f of the focusing lens 8 includes an error of order of ⁇ 0.5% of the nominal focal distance f 0 usually. Therefore, it becomes necessary to measure the real focal distance f of the focusing lens 8.
  • the reading magnification and the in-focus state are detected at the equal magnification at first.
  • the distance "a" between the document and the focusing lens 8 is varied to a distance a 1 determined according to the following equation in order to read at a magnification L 1 ;
  • the distance "b" between the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 is varied to detect the in-focus state. Thereafter, the distance x between two black patterns 16b is measured by the CCD array 9. The measured distance is set to x'.
  • the real focal distance f can be obtained from the equation (4) and the distances "a" and "b” can be calculated with use of the real focal distance f. This enables much more accurate setting for the magnification.
  • the measurement mode is executed according to a flow chart shown in FIG. 8.
  • the optical scanning system (slider) is moved to a position of illuminating the pattern plate 16 at step S3.
  • the focusing state is adjusted at step S4 and the magnification is detected at step S5. If the detected magnification is not equal magnification at step S6, the lens motor 12 is driven to rotate in a direction for obtaining the equal magnification at step S7. These steps are repeated until the equal magnification is obtained.
  • the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 are fixed at their respective in-focus position at the equal magnification.
  • the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 are moved to respective positions for obtaining a predetermined magnification (equal to "2" in the present embodiment) at step S11.
  • the calculated value of the real focal distance f is written into EEPROM 74 at step S14.
  • respective positions of the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 at the equal magnification are calculated with use of the real focal distance f and both of them are returned to respective calculated positions at step S15.
  • the illumination lamp 1 is turned off at step S16 to complete the focal distance measuring mode.
  • the real focal distance f is stored in the EEPROM 74 in unit of 0.001 mm by assigning one word of 16 bits of the EEPROM in order to memorize it. This makes it possible to use a highly accurate focal length and, accordingly, an extremely high resolution of image can be obtained.
  • the correction data of the focal distance may be input by use of dip switches in a degree of few bits. Accordingly, the corrected focal distance includes an error inevitably which lowers the resolution of image.
  • FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of the subroutine S3 of FIG. 8 for moving the slider to a reading position of the pattern plate 16.
  • step S31 it is checked at step S31 whether an SH signal is input to the CCD array 9 and the CPU 42.
  • the CPU 42 outputs a WRITE signal to the line RAM 50 in synchronous with SH signal to write data into the line RAM 50 at step S32.
  • step S34 If the next SH signal is checked at step S33, the WRITE signal is stopped at step S34.
  • step S35 if another SH signal is detected at step S35, the address Adr of a pointer of the line RAM 50 is set at "the center address -100" at step S36.
  • the address Adr is incremented by one at step S38.
  • step S37 If it is detected to be black one at step S37, the process returns to the main flow of FIG. 8 since the reading position is considered to reach to that for reading the central stripe pattern 16a. If any black datum is not detected even when the address Adr is increased to "the center address +100", the process returns to step S31 to repeat those steps mentioned above since it is considered that the optical scanning system does not reach to the stripe pattern 16a.
  • FIG. 10 shows a flow chart for the focusing subroutine step S4 of FIG. 8.
  • the stripe pattern 16a is read by the CCD array 9 at step S51. Obtained data is digitalized and corrected by the shading circuit 46 and, then, written into the line RAM 50. At step S52, the difference between black and white levels is calculated from the data stored in the line RAM 50 in order to detect the focusing state at that time.
  • the focusing motor 13 is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction in order to move the CCD array 9 at step S53.
  • the stripe pattern 16a is read by the CCD array 9 at step S54 and the difference between black and white levels is calculated at step S55. As far as the difference between black and white levels is increased from the latest difference, these steps are repeated since it is considered that the focusing lens has been moved in a correct focusing direction.
  • step S61 the process advances to step S61 in order to reverse the rotational direction of the focusing motor 13 thereat since it means that the focusing motor 13 has been driven in an incorrect direction and, then, the focusing motor is driven to rotate in the reversed direction at step S62. Thereafter, the stripe pattern 16a is read at step S63 and, at step S64, the difference between black and white levels is calculated.
  • step S65 As far as the difference is increased at step S65, those steps are repeated since the focusing lens 8 is moved in the focusing direction.
  • the focusing lens 8 is moved back to the position whereat the difference became the maximum at step S66.
  • the focusing motor 13 is comprised of a pulse motor in the present embodiment and, therefore, the rotation amount of the focusing motor 13 is given by the number of pulses which is predetermined suitably for detecting the infocus position.
  • FIG. 7 schematically shows a manner how the difference between black and white levels is varied according to the distance "b" between the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 and the moving direction of the latter.
  • FIG. 11 shows a flow chart of the focusing subroutine S5 or S12 of FIG. 8.
  • the distance between edges of the black patterns 16b is set at 140 mm which is equivalent a dot number 2205 at the equal magnification.
  • FIG. 12 shows a flow chart of the subroutine S81 of FIG. 11.
  • the pattern of the pattern plate 16 is read by the CCD array 9 and obtained data is written into the line RAM 50 after digitalizing and performing the shading correction at step S101.
  • the address Adr of the pointer for reading out data from the line RAM is set at "0" at step S102. It is checked at step S103 whether the data designated by the address of the pointer is white. If it is white at step S103, the address Adr at that time is memorized at step S105 since the address is considered to correspond to the edge of the left side black pattern 16a.
  • the address pointer is set at, for example, 5,000 at step S111 and is decremented until the data becomes white (at steps S112 and S113).
  • the illumination lamp 1 is turned on at step S201, similarly in the focus measuring routine of FIG. 8.
  • the scanning optical system slides to the position for illuminating the pattern plate 16 at step S202.
  • the focusing state is adjusted at step S203 and the magnification is detected at step S204.
  • the lens motor 12 is driven to rotate in the direction toward the equal magnification at step S206. This process is repeated until the equal magnification is detected. Then, the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 are fixed at respective positions when the equal magnification is detected. Thereafter, the illumination lamp is turned off at step S207 and the initial setting is performed at step S211 to wait for a command signal.
  • Commands for requesting zooming (variation of magnification), editing and scanning are provided.
  • a command is input at step S212, the process goes to either one of steps S214, S215 and S216 according to the content of the input command at step S213.
  • a moving amount and a moving direction are calculated according to the designated magnification and with use of the measured focal distance f read from the EEPROM 74 at step S214.
  • the editing requesting command the content thereof such as masking, trimming, inversion or the like is input into the attribute RAM 52 to execute the editing according to the content at step S215.
  • the image reader reads a document at step S216.
  • FIG. 14 shows a flow chart of the subroutine S214 for varying the magnification.
  • magnification L 2 is designated together with the zooming requesting command.
  • the focal distance f stored in the EEPROM 74 is read at step S231.
  • moving amounts ⁇ a and ⁇ b of the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 are calculated according to the following equations at step S232.
  • the focusing lens 8 and the CCD array 9 are moved by respective moving amounts ⁇ a and ⁇ b by driving the motors 12 and 13 at step S233, respectively.
  • FIG. 15 shows a flow chart of the editing subroutine S215 of FIG. 13.
  • the same attribute such as half-tone is set over the whole area of the attribute RAM 52 at step S252. If it is not, the designated attribute such as trimming, masking etc. is written into the area designated by two coordinate points and different processings are executed inside of the designated area and outside thereof at step S253.
  • FIG. 16 shows a flow chart of the scanning subroutine S216 of FIG. 13.
  • the illumination lamp 1 is turned on at step S271 and it is checked at step S272 whether the scanning optical system is located at the fixed position or not. If the fixed position switch (not shown) is switched on at step S274, the scanning motor is turned off at step S275. If it is not switched on at step S275, the scanning optical system is further moved until it reaches the fixed position (at steps S273 and S275).
  • the scanning motor is driven to move the scanning optical system to the position of the white background 16c of the pattern plate 16 in order for the shading correction of the output of the CCD array 9 by the shading circuit 46 after digitalizing the output data.
  • the shading data is stored into a shading RAM (not shown) provided in the shading circuit 46 at step S282. The latter corrects the digitalized image data according to the content stored in the shading RAM and outputs the corrected image data therefrom.
  • the scanning optical system is moved to the position of patterns 16a and 16b on the pattern plate 16 (see step S291 of FIG. 13). Since a distance from the pattern position to the top edge of a document defined on the document glass platen is known, a value of the distance is set as a moving amount of the scanning optical system at step S292.
  • both of inner edges of the black patterns 16b and 16b are detected at step S293.
  • the center address is calculated with use of addresses of the both edges at step S294.
  • This step S294 is executed in order to compensate a possible shift of the center position for reading which may be caused when the focusing lens is moved to a position corresponding to the designated magnification as indicated by two center positions 8a and 8b in FIG. 5.
  • This center address is used as the reference address for aligning each line of valid image data upon outputting it. This enables respective center positions of document images to be coincided with each other upon printing them at an arbitrary magnification.
  • the scanning optical system is moved to the position corresponding to the top edge of a document by driving the scanning motor at step S295.
  • the distance to be moved is already known and, therefore, the scan can be started exactly therefrom even after varying the magnification.
  • the valid image signal is made "high" to start the reading of a document image by the CCD array 9 at step S301.
  • the scanning optical system When the scanning optical system reaches to the position of the bottom end of a document at step S302, the valid image signal is made "low” to complete the reading of a document image at step S303. Thereafter, the illumination lamp 1 is turned off at step S304 and the scanning optical system is returned to the fixed position at steps S305 and S306. Then, the scanning motor is stopped at step S307.
  • the center address is detected during the scan.
  • the detection of the center position can be performed only when the magnification is varied.

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